Job Description
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Lockheed Martin is a leading aerospace and defense company, and they are seeking a Global Mobility International Tax Accountant to provide expert guidance on expatriate tax programs. This role involves collaborating with external tax firms, optimizing processes, and ensuring compliance with tax obligations while enhancing the expatriate experience.
- Responsibilities
- Provide expert guidance and education to expatriates and business area managers on the corporation’s expatriate tax program
- Explain tax equalization policies and procedures, resolve cases, and work with the tax assistance firm to complete Tax Equalization Settlements
- Drive process optimization, technology enablement, RPA automation, and data driven decision making to improve efficiency, reduce risk, and enhance the expatriate experience
- Collaborate with the external tax assistance firm to execute settlements and oversee vendor activities related to host country payroll, withholding, and expatriate tax receivables
- Research compensation discrepancies, determine appropriate resolutions, and communicate those decisions to the tax assistance firm while delivering outstanding customer service and taking full ownership of assignments through to closure
- Recommend process improvement, automation (RPA), and technology enablement initiatives; maintain and update the authorization list for tax services; and ensure proactive, timely communication of U.S. and foreign tax obligations in line with Lockheed Martin corporate policies
- Recommend enhancements to corporate policies (CRX 539D) and international tax procedures to minimize financial and compliance risk, strengthen internal controls and governance, and collaborate with Global Mobility leadership, HRIS, payroll, finance, business areas, and external vendors to optimize system integrations and data flows
- Skills
- Outstanding customer service orientation (responsive and ownership of assignments to closure)
- 5+ years of experience in global mobility tax, expatriate tax, or international individual income tax
- Demonstrated ability to handle complex tax equalization and expatriate tax matters
- Individual income tax preparation experience
- Meticulous with numbers, Attention to Detail
- Experience in improving or transforming tax or payroll processes
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills
- Advanced Excel and computer skills (pivot tables, VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, data analysis functions)
- Ability to work in a fast paced, matrixed environment
- Demonstrated written and verbal communication skills
- Team player
- International business experience
- Experience in performing financial analysis and building reporting dashboards
- Familiarity with RPA tools, tax technology platforms, or mobility management systems
- Experience living or working overseas
- Payroll experience (domestic and/or international)
- Accounting background
- CPA or EA credential is a plus
- Benefits
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- Life Insurance
- Short-Term Disability
- Long-Term Disability
- 401(k) match
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- EAP
- Education Assistance
- Parental Leave
- Paid time off
- Holidays
- Company Overview
- Lockheed Martin is a global security and aerospace company that specializes in advanced technology systems, products, and services. It is a sub-organization of Lockheed Martin. It was founded in 1912, and is headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, USA, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is https://www.lockheedmartin.com.
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